The Dominican Republic is one of 24 countries in the world and one of six in Latin America that has a complete ban on abortion.[1] This complete ban includes situations in which a pregnant person’s life is at risk.[2]
Abortion was banned in all circumstances in 1884.[3] Abortion was then constitutionally prohibited on September 18, 2009, when Article 37 in the Dominican Republic’s 2010 constitution was ratified, declaring a right to life from conception.[4]